BROWNSON, Nathan, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Woodbury, Conn., May 14, 1742; was graduated
from Yale College in 1761; studied medicine and practiced in Woodbury; moved to Liberty County,
Ga., about 1764; member of the Provincial Congress in 1775; surgeon in the Revolutionary Army;
Member of the Continental Congress in 1777; member of the State house of representatives in 1781
and served as speaker; chosen by that body as Governor of Georgia in 1782; again elected to the
State house of representatives in 1788 and served as speaker; delegate to the State convention to
ratify the Federal Constitution in 1788 and to the State constitutional convention in 1789; member of
the State senate 1789-1791 and served as president of that body; died on his plantation near
Riceboro, Liberty County, Ga., November 6, 1796; interment in the Old Midway Burial Ground.